Poetic Openings : Sidney Lanier to Sidney Lanier

Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Nine From Eight : First Line : I was drivin' my two-mule waggin,
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Nirvana : First Line : Through seas of dreams and seas of phantasies,
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Ode To The Johns Hopkins University : First Line : How tall among her sisters, and how fair, --
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : On A Palmetto : First Line : Through all that year-scarred agony of height,
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : On Huntingdon's Miranda : First Line : The storm hath blown thee a lover, sweet,

Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : On Violet's Wafers, Sent Me When I Was Ill : First Line : Fine-tissued as her finger-tips, and white
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Opposition : First Line : Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill,
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Our Hills : First Line : Dear Mother-Earth
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Owl Against Robin : First Line : Frowning, the owl in the oak complained him
Poet : Sidney Lanier : Poem : Psalm Of The West : First Line : Land of the willful gospel, thou worst and thou best;